It's easy to get carried away creating long identifiers. Longer names often make things more readable. But names that are too long can decrease readability. There are many examples of variable names longer than 60 characters on GitHub and elsewhere. In 58 characters, we managed this haiku for you to consider:

Name variables

Using these simple guidelines

Beautiful source code

Names should be two things: clear (know what it refers to) and precise (know what it does not refer to). Here are some guidelines to help:

• Omit words that could apply to any identifier.You know the usual suspects: data, state, amount, number, value, manager, engine, object, entity, instance, helper, util, broker, metadata, process, handle, context. Cut them out.There are some exceptions to these rules; use your judgment. Names that are too long are still better than names that are too short. However, following these guidelines, your code will remain unambiguous and be much easier to read. Readers, including "future you,” will appreciate how clear your code is!